“However, while recovering them, one of the vehicles caught fire and was completely razed,” he said.

The GOC said the troops also raided a location where suspected vandals were carrying out their sabotage activities along NNPC pipeline at Akute.

“The vandals concealed their vehicles with refined oil products and fled on arrival of the troops.

“Five suspected vandals were arrested at the scene and items recovered include nine vehicles, comprising six buses, two heavy-storage trucks and one sports utility vehicle.

“Other items recovered include one motorcycle, seven mobile phones, 371 of 50-litres and 42 of 25-litres jerry cans loaded with refined PMS, 106 empty 50-jerry cans, a hose of about 500 metres in length used for syphoning products with approximately 19,600 litres of stolen PMS being recovered,” the statement stated

He enjoined the public to continue reaching out to the numbers below to give useful information that would assist in ridding their areas of criminal elements:

“The numbers are 07069353889 and 08060492529 for Ojo residents, 07017064979 for Badagry,

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